Good morning, Sheridan.

Historical records show that severe hailstorms have long affected Sheridan—damaging vehicles, bridges, and crops, with one event in 1912 resulting in a tragic loss.

These accounts remind the community that sudden weather shifts have always been a factor in local life.

The Food Group is delivering weekly food bags and monthly home deliveries to over 200 local homes while partnering with Rooted in Wyoming & using locally produced food to ease food insecurity.

The nonprofit will host Fill the Bus events at the end of September and early October to invite community donations.

The annual Big Horn Lions Club Bill Rohrbaugh Memorial Golf Tournament will be held Sunday, Sept.

20 at the Powder Horn (registration is due by Sept. 12) and costs $80 for members and $180 for non-members. The event supports local groups including schools, vision services and cemetery upkeep.

Sheridan Community Land Trust deployed collars to local producers with small herds on August 31, offering them access to new virtual fencing technology.

Marketing contractor Chris Vrba discussed the program on the talk show Public Pulse.

On Sunday, a family on an off-road outing discovered five-gallon paint cans dumped in Porcupine Creek near Porcupine Falls + they removed the leaking cans and reported the incident to forest rangers, who are now investigating the vandalism.

Fort Phil Kearny’s site superintendent Sharie Shada will lead a presentation and hike at the cemetery on Sept.

2 at 6:00 p.m. — originally established in 1866 — and additional Sunset Wagon Tours with a Full Moon Fort event are scheduled later this month.

During the summer, the Wyoming Business Council held a listening tour that included July 16 sessions in Sheridan where community members raised concerns over housing, workforce shortages and child care.

WBC CEO Josh Dorrell said the turnout — 600 participants — demonstrated strong local support for shaping future economic strategies.

Johnson County Healthcare Center Clinic Director Crystal Smith said that July clinic visits fell to 1,363 from 1,432 in July 2025 and walk-in visits dropped to 256 instead of 385.

She expects numbers to improve in August after the clinic completed 126 sports physicals during designated evening sessions.

Sheridan’s Dane Steel had a career night on Saturday in Montana State’s season opener against Utah Tech, making eight catches for 174 yards + a 55-yard touchdown pass that earned him Player of the Game honors as MSU won 54 to 0.

15-year-old Jett Barnes from Visalia set a 13.787-second track record in qualifying and won the 25-lap ASCS feature at Sheridan Speedway Sunday, Aug.

30 & marked his third National Tour start as he became the series' second-youngest winner.

Sheridan’s Justin Elmer finished second in Sunday’s 20-lap Wissota Midwest Modified feature at the Speedway, ahead of fellow locals Chad and Griffen Switzenberg.

Gillette’s Tony Leiker won the race while Griffen (who started 12th) earned the hard charger award.